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Language
English
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People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Ultimately, the history of these challenges tells the story of humanity itself.Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Rhodes...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"A million people tune in each weekday to hear John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." Now, Lienhard has gathered together his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, human inventiveness, and the history of engineering in this new book."--BOOK JACKET
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Publisher
Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018, c2017.
Language
English
Description
"Odds are that as you read this, an iPhone is within reach. But before Steve Jobs introduced us to "the one device," as he called it, a cell phone was merely what you used to make calls on the go. How did the iPhone transform our world and turn Apple into the most valuable company ever? Veteran technology journalist Brian Merchant reveals the inside story you won't hear from Cupertino -- based on his exclusive interviews with the engineers, inventors,...
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